Why Political Actionism Is So Popular in Russia
The sources of Russian political actionism are in the unofficial art of the 1960s. Nonconformism emerged in a country where kitschy socialist realism...
Diana Sadretdinova 7 March 2022
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Vile Bodies? Anatomy in Art
A deep dive into the work of artists who turn to the human body and anatomy for inspiration. Here we reveal flesh and blood art!
Candy Bedworth 7 March 2022
Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo, the Warrior Pope and God’s Bottom
No, I am not indulging in casual profanity, in this painting, we are actually looking at God’s bare bottom and it graces the ceiling of the...
Guest Profile 6 March 2022
Her Life and Her Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner
The story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and its founder before the robbery in 1990.
Jennifer S. Musawwir 4 March 2022
Helene Kröller-Müller: Life Between Love and Art
The Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands holds the second-largest Van Gogh collection in the world. Furthermore, there are masterpieces by...
Marija Canjuga 4 March 2022
The Snow Queen – Book Illustrations
The Snow Queen is one of the most beautiful winter tales. Originally published on December 21st, 1844, it is Hans Christian Andersen’s longest...
Errika Gerakiti 2 March 2022
5 Women Artists Whose Works Were Misattributed to Men
Why have there been no great women artists? It continues to be a question that pops up all too often. The response can be succinctly summarized like...
Anastasia Tsaleza 1 March 2022
Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? 50 Years Later
The well-known essay Why have there been no great women artists by Linda Nochlin was originally published in ARTnews in January 1971. It is an essay...
Errika Gerakiti 1 March 2022
The Fantasy World of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Portraits
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was the King of Mannerism. If you see a human portrait made of plants, vegetables, books, animals and generally speaking, stuff...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 February 2022
Miné Okubo and Citizen 13660
During World War II thousands of United States citizens of Japanese ancestry were forcibly placed in concentration camps. These decisions were taken...
Lauren Kraut 26 February 2022
In Their Shoes: Nona Faustine’s White Shoes
The recent release of White Shoes: Nona Faustine makes the decade-long complete series of photographs by Brooklyn-based artist Nona...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 21 February 2022
Viennese Actionism: Between the Bestial and the Sublime
Naked bodies, violence, and destructive art. The term Viennese Actionism refers to a radical and explicit form of performance art that developed in...
Rafal Skolimowski 21 February 2022
